Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3174
Mentioning the name of Allah when slaughtering
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحِيمِ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، أَنَّ قَوْمًا، قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ قَوْمًا يَأْتُونَا بِلَحْمٍ لاَ نَدْرِي ذُكِرَ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ أَمْ لاَ قَالَ " سَمُّوا أَنْتُمْ وَكُلُوا " . وَكَانُوا حَدِيثَ عَهْدٍ بِالْكُفْرِ
Translation
It wasnarrated from ‘Aishah, the Mother of the Believers, that somepeople said
“O Messenger of Allah, some people bring us meat, andwedo not know whether the Name of Allah has been mentioned over itornot.” He said: “Say: Bismillah and eat.’ They were new inIslam.